Behold, a classic Little Cayman vehicle, owned by Bob, one of my fellow divemasters at Pirates Point. This car, some indeterminate vintage of Suzuki Tracker, features wooden floorboards (the original metal ones have rusted out), seats that are more foam than vinyl, and a dashboard that lights up like a Xmas tree with every warning light the car has. But yes, the Tracker does run....well rattle would be a more accurate description. Getting into it, that's a bit more problematic, as neither door handle operates from the outside. So Bob must remember to leave the windows down in any weather, or crawl through the back, where the plastic window used to be. What are those stickers you ask? Well Bob is the island's best lionfish culler and has now killed more than 1700 of those evil suckers. So one of his buddies on the island decided his vehicle should be decorated with lionfish kill stickers, much like a fighter plane.
All our vehicles at Pirates Point have at least a couple of "special" characteristics too. The truck we use to haul scuba tanks has a petulant transmission, which can make backing onto the dock (which is only slightly wider than the truck) even more exciting. The brakes work, but the emergency brake doesn't. No worries Mon, that's how we roll on LC.
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